Aging-Cancer Research Program Development at CWRU CCC

描述：(申请人描述)Case Western Reserve University(CWRU)建议在综合癌症中心内开发一个跨学科的研究计划，将老龄化和癌症研究整合在一起，目标是在CCSG续签时(08/01/06)，拥有稳定的同行评议资金基础，包括资助的培训计划，目标是被认可为正式的老龄化-癌症“计划”。“计划”的开发将通过利用癌症研究人员和老年研究人员的大量资源和专业知识来完成，这些研究人员与NCI资助的综合癌症中心、NIA资助的记忆和衰老中心以及VAMC资助的老年研究、教育和临床中心(GRECC)有关联。这项计划还将利用来自CWRU包括医学院、护理学院、艺术与科学学院和社会服务学院在内的中心相关和非相关的研究人员和教育工作者，战略性地利用发展资金来支持教师招聘、试点项目扩展和共享资源的开发。该“计划”将在治疗、疗效和耐受性、共病的影响以及衰老和癌症的生物学等优先领域开展增强的衰老-癌症研究。“计划”的制定将由癌症中心创始主任内森·A·伯杰医学博士和老年医学副院长杰罗姆·科瓦尔医学博士共同指导，前者是癌症中心创始主任，最近完成了为期7年的医学院院长和医疗事务副总裁任期，后者是NIA资助的克劳德·佩珀老年美国人独立中心和VAMC GRECC的创始主任。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) proposes to develop an interdisciplinary research initiative within the Comprehensive Cancer Center that will integrate aging and cancer research with the goal of being recognized as a formal Aging-Cancer "Program", with a stable base of peer-reviewed funding, including a funded training program, by the time of the CCSG renewal, 08/01/06. "Program" development will be accomplished by leveraging the considerable resources and expertise of cancer researchers and aging researchers associate with the NCI-funded Comprehensive Cancer Center, the NIA-funded Memory and Aging Center, and the VAMC-funded Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC). This initiative will also leverage Center-associated and non-associated researchers and educators from across CWRU including the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Arts & Sciences, and Social Services, strategically employing development funds to support faculty recruitment, pilot project expansion, and development of shared resources. The "Program" will develop enhanced Aging-Cancer research studies in the priority areas of treatment, efficacy and tolerance; effects of comorbidity; and the biology of aging and cancer. "Program" development will be mutually guided by the PI, Nathan A. Berger, MD, founding Director of the Cancer Center, who recently completed a 7 year term as Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs, and Co-PI, Jerome Kowal, MD, Associate Dean for Geriatric Medicine and founding Director of the NIA-funded Claude Pepper Older Americans Independence Center and the VAMC GRECC.